The document provides guidance on creating hollow ceramic sculptures and developing a personal motto or symbol to represent yourself. It encourages readers to think creatively about adding details like coils, slabs or handles to hollow forms to make them functional or sculptural. Readers are challenged to come up with a motto based on their core values and symbols that best capture this, then apply smoothing and finishing techniques to craft their piece.

1. What can you do with a
hollow sphere?
{ Challenge #1

2. Add or subtract?

3. Functional or sculptural?

4. Adding detail

5. High Relief

6. Adding a way to balance

7. A hollow form NEEDS a Tiny Air Hole!

9. Sketch ideas?
Think before doing!!

12. Use
techniques
to add
on…
coil, slab,
pinch!

13. You can join 2 pieces
together to make it larger.

14. Add an interesting “foot”

15. How can you make it stand?

16. Add a handle

17. Be Inventive!

18. CRAFTSMANSHIP!!!
SMOOTH EDGES
USING TOOLS OR A
DAMP S PONGE!!

19. DON’T
COPY!
Make
it your
own!

20. Challenge #2:
1. Subject Matter -What should your piece be
about?
Your piece must be based on a personal “moto” either that
you come up with or that you find that best represents
you.

21. Other Motos!
What symbolizes your moto?
-Animals, Abstract shapes, people, objects, nature?
-Literal or Metaphorical?
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22. 3 Questions to help create your own
personal motto:
1. What are your core values?
2. What values would you most want to pass on to your
family?
3. What values will most improve the person you are
today?

23. Just remember….
1. Slip & Score & Smooth
2. Air hole (if needed)
3. Wrap up unless finished
4. Clean ALL tools & table
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